Title 43, STATE GOVERNMENT—EXECUTIVE

The director shall appoint a supervisor of engineering and architecture. A person is not eligible for appointment as supervisor of engineering and architecture unless he or she is licensed to practice the profession of engineering or the profession of architecture in the state of…

Except as provided under RCW 43.17.210, the Washington state arts commission shall determine the amount to be made available for the purchase of art under RCW 43.17.200 in consultation with the director, and payments therefor shall be made in accordance with law. The designation …

The enterprise services account shall be used by the department for the payment of certain costs, expenses, and charges, as specified in this section, incurred by it in the operation and administration of the department in the rendering of services, the furnishing or supplying of…

The Thurston county capital facilities account is created in the state treasury. The account is subject to the appropriation and allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW. Moneys in the account may be expended for capital projects in facilities owned and managed by the departm…

As used in RCW 43.19.565 through 43.19.635, * 43.41.130 and * 43.41.140, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Passenger motor vehicle" means any sedan, station wagon, bus, or light truck which is designed for carrying ten passengers or less and is used primarily for the tr…

The department shall establish a motor vehicle transportation service which is hereby empowered to: (1) Provide suitable motor vehicle transportation services to state agencies on either a temporary or permanent basis and upon such demonstration of need as the department may requ…

(1) The department shall direct and be responsible for the acquisition, operation, maintenance, storage, repair, and replacement of state motor vehicles under its control. The department shall utilize state facilities available for the maintenance, repair, and storage of such mot…

The director or the director's designee shall have general charge and supervision of state motor pools and motor vehicle transportation services under departmental administration and control. The director or the director's designee shall (1) acquire by purchase or otherwise a suf…

(1) Any passenger motor vehicles currently owned or hereafter acquired by any state agency shall be purchased by or transferred to the department. The director may accept vehicles subject to the provisions of RCW 43.19.560 through 43.19.630, * 43.41.130 and * 43.41.140 prior to J…

All moneys, funds, proceeds, and receipts as provided by law shall be paid into the enterprise services account. Disbursements therefrom shall be made in accordance with the provisions of RCW 43.19.560 through 43.19.630, * 43.41.130 and * 43.41.140 as authorized by the director o…

The director shall adopt and enforce rules as may be deemed necessary to accomplish the purpose of RCW 43.19.560 through 43.19.630, * 43.41.130, and * 43.41.140. The rules, in addition to other matters, shall provide authority for any agency director or his or her delegate to app…

(1) The director of financial management, after consultation with other interested or affected state agencies, shall establish overall policies governing the acquisition, operation, management, maintenance, repair, and disposal of all motor vehicles owned or operated by any state…

Pursuant to policies and regulations promulgated by the office of financial management, an elected state officer or delegate or a state agency director or delegate may permit an employee to commute in a state-owned or leased vehicle if such travel is on official business, as dete…

RCW 43.19.560 through 43.19.620, * 43.41.130, and * 43.41.140 shall not be construed to prohibit a state officer or employee from using his or her personal motor vehicle on state business and being reimbursed therefor, where permitted under state travel policies, rules, and regul…

(1) The governor, acting through the department and any other appropriate agency or agencies as he or she may direct, is empowered to utilize all reasonable means for detecting the unauthorized use of state owned motor vehicles, including the execution of agreements with the stat…

(1) At least thirty percent of all new vehicles purchased through a state contract shall be clean-fuel vehicles. (2) The percentage of clean-fuel vehicles purchased through a state contract shall increase at the rate of five percent each year. (3) In meeting the procurement requi…

(1) Effective June 1, 2006, for agencies complying with the ultra-low sulfur diesel mandate of the United States environmental protection agency for on-highway diesel fuel, agencies shall use biodiesel as an additive to ultra-low sulfur diesel for lubricity, provided that the use…

The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.19.642 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Biodiesel" means a mono alkyl ester of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats for use in compression-ignition engines and that meets the r…

(1) The department must assist state agencies seeking to meet the biodiesel fuel requirements in RCW 43.19.642 by coordinating the purchase and delivery of biodiesel if requested by any state agency. The department may use long-term contracts of up to ten years, when purchasing f…

(1) In order to allow the motor vehicle fuel needs of state and local government to be satisfied by Washington-produced biofuels as provided in this chapter, the department of enterprise services as well as local governments may contract in advance and execute contracts with publ…

(1) Effective June 1, 2015, all state agencies, to the extent determined practicable by the rules adopted by the department of commerce pursuant to RCW 43.325.080, are required to satisfy one hundred percent of their fuel usage for operating publicly owned vessels, vehicles, and …

(1) When planning for the capital construction or renovation of a state facility, state agencies shall consider the utilization of fuel cells and renewable or alternative energy sources as a primary source of power for applications that require an uninterruptible power source. (2…

(1) The department, in cooperation with public agencies, shall investigate opportunities to aggregate the purchase of clean technologies with other public agencies to determine whether or not combined purchasing can reduce the unit cost of clean technologies. (2) State agencies t…

The legislature finds and declares that the buildings, facilities, equipment, and vehicles owned or leased by state government consume significant amounts of energy and that energy conservation actions, including energy management systems, to provide for efficient energy use in t…

It is the purpose of RCW 43.19.670 through 43.19.685 to require energy audits in state-owned buildings, to require energy audits as a lease condition in all new, renewed, and renegotiated leases of buildings by the state, to undertake such modifications and installations as are n…

As used in RCW 43.19.670 through 43.19.685, the following terms have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Energy audit" means a determination of the energy consumption characteristics of a facility which consists of the following elements: (a…

The director of the department of enterprise services shall seek to further energy conservation objectives among other landscape objectives in planting and maintaining trees upon grounds administered by the department. [ 2015 c 225 s 68; 1993 c 204 s 9.] Notes: Findings—1993 c 20…

The director shall develop lease covenants, conditions, and terms which: (1) Obligate the lessor to conduct or have conducted a walk-through survey of the leased premises; (2) Obligate the lessor to implement identified energy conservation maintenance and operating procedures upo…

(1) Municipalities may conduct energy audits and implement cost-effective energy conservation measures among multiple government entities. (2) All municipalities shall report to the department if they implemented or did not implement, during the previous biennium, cost-effective …

Financing to implement conservation measures, including fees charged by the department, may be carried out with bonds issued by the Washington economic development finance authority under chapter 43.163 RCW. [ 2005 c 299 s 6.] Notes: Intent—2005 c 299: See note following RCW 44.3…

The department shall identify in the department's vendor registry all vendors that are veteran-owned businesses as certified by the department of veterans affairs under RCW 43.60A.195. [ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 242; 2010 c 5 s 5.] Notes: Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: …

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 43.19.715. (1) "Consolidated mail service" means incoming, outgoing, and internal mail processing. (2) "Incoming mail" means mail, packages, or similar items recei…

The director shall establish a consolidated mail service to handle all incoming, outgoing, and internal mail in the 98504 zip code area or successor zip code areas for agencies in the Olympia, Tumwater, and Lacey area. The director may include additional geographic areas within t…

The department, in cooperation with the office of financial management, shall review current and prospective needs of state agencies for any equipment to process mail throughout state government. If after such consultation, the department should find that the economy, efficiency,…

(1) The department must develop a model plan for state agencies to increase: (a) The number of small businesses registering in the state's enterprise vendor registration and bid notification system; (b) the number of such registered small businesses annually receiving state contr…

(1) By November 15, 2013, and November 15th every two years thereafter, the department, the department of transportation, and institutions of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature providing verifiable …

(1) The department shall broker print management contracts for state agencies that are required to utilize print management contracts under this section. (2) The department is authorized to broker print management contracts for other state agencies that choose to utilize these se…

(1) State agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions of higher education requiring the services of a print shop may use public printing services provided by the department. If a print job is put out for bid, the department must be included in the bid solicitation. All solici…

For every printing job and binding job ordered by a state agency, the agency shall consult with the department on how to choose more economic and efficient options to reduce costs. [ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 311.] Notes: Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes followin…

To improve the efficiency and minimize the costs of agency-based printing, the department shall establish rules and guidelines for all agencies to use in managing their printing operations, including both agency-based printing and those jobs that require the services of a print s…

(1) The department shall consult with the office of financial management and state agencies to more efficiently manage the use of envelopes by standardizing them to the extent feasible given the business needs of state agencies. (2) All state agencies with total annual average fu…

All printing, binding, and stationery work done for any state agency, county, city, town, port district, or school district in this state shall be done within the state, and all proposals, requests, or invitations to submit bids, prices, or contracts thereon, and all contracts fo…

No bill or claim for any such work shall be allowed by any officer of a state agency or public corporation or be paid out of its funds, unless it appears that the work was executed within the state or that the execution thereof within the state could not have been procured, or pr…

All contracts for such work to be done outside the state shall require that it be executed under conditions of employment which shall substantially conform to the laws of this state respecting hours of labor, the minimum wage scale, and the rules and regulations of the department…

Nothing in RCW 43.19.748, 43.19.751, and 43.19.754 shall be construed as requiring any public official to accept any such work of inferior quality or workmanship. [ 2015 c 225 s 70; 1965 c 8 s 43.78.160. Prior: 1919 c 80 s 4; RRS s 10338. Formerly RCW 43.78.160.] Notes:

It is the policy of the state for the management of risks to which it is exposed to apply the following principles consistently in a state program of risk management: (1) To identify those liability and property risks which may have a significant economic impact on the state; (2)…